To find out Ubuntu version you are running, you can run a short command in the Terminal.

lsb_release -a
You will get detailed information about your Linux distribution here. There is a 'Release' field in the out, which have the version of Ubuntu, you are running.


'lsb_release' command prints distribution-specific information. Here are other option you can use with this command:

Usage: lsb_release [options]

Options:
  -h, --help                 show this help message and exit
  -v, --version            show LSB modules this system supports
  -i, --id                      show distributor ID
  -d, --description       show description of this distribution
  -r, --release              show release number of this distribution
  -c, --codename        show code name of this distribution
  -a, --all                     show all of the above information
  -s, --short                 show requested information in short format


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